Friday, October 19, 2018

Friday October 12, 2018 Nielsen Finals

FS1's coverage of the 'MLB NLCS' between the Dodgers and Brewers took an easy victory on Friday cable. The game averaged a 1.13 A 18-49 rating with 4.64 million total viewers. It also led all of cable in major demos: households (2.7), men & women 18-49 (1.57, 0.69), adults 18-34 (0.81), men 18-34 (1.16), adults 25-54 (1.38) men 25-54 (1.91), and people over 50 (2.61). Discovery's 'Gold Rush' took the second spot on the day with a 0.64 rating and 2.35 million viewers, including a 1.26 rating in people over 50. A&E's 'Live PD' (0.54 rating) ranked second in the women 18-49 demo (0.55) and averaged 1.7 million viewers. Over at MTV, two episodes of 'Ridiculousness' were at 0.23/0.31 in females 12-34, 0.21/0.26 in women 18-49, and 456,000/553,000 in total viewers. Finally HBO aired 'Real Time with Bill Maher' (1.74 million), 'The Shop' (281,000), 'Tracey Ullman's Show' (249,000) and the premiere of 'Pod Save America' (454,000). Broadcast finals: